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• Frank R. Pignanelli and LaVarr Webb: Cleaning up after Trump’s monumental visit to Utah

  09-12-2017 23:50
  If you enjoy nonstop political intrigue, Christmas has come early. Among the many political tempests last week, a highlight for Utah was President Donald Trump’s quick trip to the state. In the holiday spirit, we review whether he brought candy or coal for politicos’ stockings.Trump was surrounded by numerous smiling Utah officials (some of whom didn’t vote for him) as he sliced and diced two national monuments established by his predecessors. Opponents ranged from protesters o
  
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• Families concerned about special ed teacher without special training, license

  09-12-2017 22:43
  SALT LAKE CITY — A teacher leading a self-contained special education classroom in a Canyons School District elementary school has no teaching degree, no special education license and little teaching experience, students' relatives told the State School Board this past week.
  The teacher, who has a bachelor's degree and was hired under the state's Alternative Routes to Licensure teacher preparation track, has taught physical education but has no specialized training teaching children with d
  
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• Op-ed: Utah should protect the right to work

  09-12-2017 22:05
  Half a century ago, only 1 in 20 Americans had to obtain a government permission slip (a license) to legally practice their chosen occupations. Today, that number stands at 1 in 3.This dramatic expansion of occupational licensure has created a bureaucratic maze through which entrepreneurs and employees must traverse to provide for their families. And without appropriate restraints on government’s ability to regulate, these policies have gotten out of hand.For evidence, consider a recent na
  
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• Intermountain to pay $1 million over painkiller diversion scheme

  09-12-2017 18:46
  SALT LAKE CITY — Intermountain Healthcare has settled a civil case alleging that lax oversight allowed a former North Ogden medical assistant to illegally prescribe more than 40,000 Oxycodone pills to herself and two family members.
  The U.S. Attorney's Office for Utah announced the settlement late Friday in a statement, saying it's believed to be the largest of its kind in the Beehive State. Under the terms, Utah's largest employer will pay the federal government $1 million without admitti
  
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• Larry Pressler: Mitt Romney for president!

  09-12-2017 18:45
  Probably the biggest news out of Washington this week has been President Donald Trump’s visit to Utah. People are speculating about what the spillover of his proclamation might be to public lands in the other 49 states. A big subhead was Trump’s virtual endorsement of Sen. Orrin Hatch for re-election. An assumption has emerged that Mitt Romney would be the nominee to succeed Hatch if he chose not to run.Steve Bannon, former White House chief strategist (whom I had never heard of a ye
  
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• Police: Man expected to survive after Ogden shooting

  09-12-2017 18:03
  
  One man was shot near the Ogden LDS temple on Friday afternoon, but is expected to survive.
  
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• Op-ed: Systematic review of monument designations is an important check on unilateral power

  09-12-2017 17:05
  President Donald Trump made a point of coming to Utah to announce his plan to reduce the size of two of our national monuments — Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante. Some Utahns welcomed him and the decision. Others did not. But regardless of whether you agree or disagree with the final call, the systematic review of recently created national monuments conducted by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has been a positive development for a process that has long been in need of reform.The Anti
  
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• Purge of inappropriate content adversely affecting 'clean' YouTubers

  09-12-2017 16:58
  
  In an effort to remove inappropriate videos, targeted toward children from YouTube, some of the websites family-friendly contributors are finding themselves inadvertently affected.
  
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• Op-ed: Tell the truth about monuments and parks in Utah

  09-12-2017 15:40
  It’s no question Utah’s public lands are perhaps the most underrated in the country by our state’s decision-makers. These places are constantly thrown under the bus by politicians who misinform the public about the value of Native American history while favoring certain industries over others. With the recent largest attack on public lands in history and Trump’s decision to effectively remove Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante, it’s absolutely urgent to commun
  
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• In our opinion: Reps. Love, Stewart advance essential efforts addressing sexual harassment

  09-12-2017 14:05
  Last week, Utah Rep. Mia Love introduced a new bill in the House that would stop the practice of using taxpayer money to settle workplace disputes in Congress. The bill, Stop Taxpayer Obligations to Perpetrators of Sexual Harassment (STOP), is an essential step in creating a climate where perpetrators of sexual harassment and misconduct are held solely accountable for their own actions.Recently, Utah’s representatives have been leading a movement to place more public responsibility on cong
  
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• Roosevelt man who faked own death after being charged, charged again

  09-12-2017 06:04
  
  A Utah man that police say tried to fake his own death after being charged with rape of a child has been charged in a separate case.
  
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• Salt Lake newborn found; Amber Alert canceled

  09-12-2017 05:49
  SALT LAKE CITY — Police have found the newborn who they say was taken by his father as the Division of Child and Family Services sought custody of the child.
  Officers issued an Amber Alert shortly after 6 p.m., and found the week-old boy roughly an hour later. Few details were released about the incident.
  The child's father, Albert Phillips, 52, was driving a white Ford F-250 after abandoning a different, red pickup near 50 East and 3050 South in South Salt Lake, said Salt Lake City police
  
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• Murray school improv group dedicates performance to alumnus who died

  09-12-2017 05:39
  
  An improv group at a local school decided to donate proceeds from a performance this week to an alumnus who recently passed away.
  
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• Holiday gift drive gives 1,500 kids Christmas presents

  09-12-2017 04:07
  SALT LAKE CITY — More than 1,500 kids from homeless, low-income or refugee families are getting Christmas presents this year, all thanks to an annual holiday gift drive from Catholic Community Services in Salt Lake City.
  The Gift of the Drummer program has been collecting toys and clothing donations since October, said Danielle Stamos, the group's communication director.
  On Friday, nearly two dozen students from the University of Utah Lowell Bennion Community Service Center came to help wr
  
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• West Valley police beef up patrols after boy hit by car near school

  09-12-2017 04:02
  
  The West Valley City Police Department plans to step up patrols around schools after a car hit a second grader near Hillside Elementary Thursday.
  
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• Amber Alert canceled in Salt Lake City after police locate infant

  09-12-2017 03:53
  
  An Amber Alert has been canceled as police have located a Utah infant, according to Salt Lake City Police Department.
  
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• Photos: Air quality in northern Utah worsens as inversion hits

  09-12-2017 03:20
  A dirty layer of winter air is hovering over Salt Lake City as an inversion sets in that is expected to last for days, if not weeks. National Weather Service meteorologist Pete Wilensky said Friday that a high-pressure system over much of the West is leading to the murky winter air that causes problems for people with asthma and other respiratory illnesses. Wilensky says the inversions are expected to last through next week with air quality gradually deteriorating.
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• Pressure mounts on embattled Utah County commissioner to resign

  09-12-2017 02:45
  PROVO — Pressure continued to mount Friday on embattled Utah County Commissioner Greg Graves following allegations that he sexually harassed a county employee and has exhibited bullying, intimidating and explosive behavior at the county workplace.
  The group Alliance for a Better Utah on Friday joined the Utah County Republican Party and his two fellow county commissioners in calling for Graves to resign, launching an online petition urging other Utahns to demand the same.
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• 2 Utah officers respond to trespassing call, pay to put homeless woman up in hotel

  09-12-2017 01:51
  
  Two Cottonwood Heights police officers responding to a trespassing call at a local diner realized a homeless woman down on her luck just needed a warm place to stay.
  
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• Pickup makes U-turn into TRAX car; No major injuries

  09-12-2017 01:47
  Police investigate after a pickup truck crashed into a light-rail car in Salt Lake City Friday afternoon. No one was seriously injured when the driver made a U-turn through a red light and crashed into the light-rail car about 3 p.m., authorities said. The accident at 1300 W. North Temple dealt cosmetic damage to the train, and its operator and passengers stepped off without incident, said Utah Transit Authority Police Capt. Jason Petersen. The truck's driver was brought to a nearby hospital wit
  
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• Salt Lake Comic Con violated trademark rules, jury says

  09-12-2017 01:43
  
  A jury ruled Friday that Salt Lake Comic Con violated trademark rules by using the phrase “comic con” and a logo, the Deseret News reported.
  
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• Roosevet man who faked own death after being charged, charged again

  09-12-2017 01:29
  VERNAL — A Utah man that police say tried to fake his own death after being charged with rape of a child has been charged in a separate case.
  Ted Lee Whitehead, 37, of Roosevelt, was charged Nov. 9 in 8th District Court with rape of a child, a first-degree felony. The alleged incident happened in 2012, according to court records.
  Whitehead was previously charged in April 2016 with rape and rape of a child, both first-degree felonies, in two separate incidents, one from 2016 and another fro
  
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• Board member questions $10,000 'secret' hikes at Bears Ears

  09-12-2017 01:22
  SALT LAKE CITY — On its face, a Kickstarter campaign to raise money for a Bears Ears education and visitor center seems benign, but its components led one board member of the environmental group involved to question the ethics of offering hikes to "secret" sites for $10,000.
  The campaign by Friends of Cedar Mesa seeks to raise $310,000 to buy an old bar in Bluff to convert it to an education center, with a fundraising deadline of Dec. 31.
  A Facebook promotion details that for a pledge of $
  
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• GOP Rep. Mia Love: Farenthold should resign

  09-12-2017 01:17
  
  Republican Rep. Mia Love of Utah said on Thursday that her colleague GOP Rep. Blake Farenthold of Texas should resign in light of allegations he sexually harassed members of his staff.
  
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• Jury finds Salt Lake Comic Con, its founders violated trademark

  09-12-2017 01:07
  SAN DIEGO — A jury has found that Salt Lake Comic Con founders Dan Farr and Bryan Brandenburg, along with their company, violated a trademark when they named their fan convention a "comic con."
  However, the jury decided that the trademark was not willfully violated, and only $20,000 of the $12 million sought by San Diego Comic-Con was awarded.
  The decision came at the end of an eight-day jury trial and three years of legal maneuvering.
  The two comic and pop culture conventions have been du
  
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